"A Christmas ' Carol ' ' To Be
Presented At Little Theatre
The Boone Little Theater'!
next production will be ? special
Christmas season presentation
of the famous Charles Dickens
clastic, "A Christmas Carol,"
whjch will be seen at the Little
Theater the nights of December
16-20, Little neater Director
Jerry Moore said.
David Culler and Bill Hoes,
recent sensations in character
parts in the play "Beyond the
Horizon," will be featured in
the new production: Culler as
Scrooge, the miserly, hardheart
ed old man who refuses to be
moved by the Christmas season
into acts of kindness; and Ross
as tbe Spirit of Christmas, who
serves as a sort of narrator tor
the drama as he conducts
Scrooge on a tour of Christ
mases past, present and future.
The natural eerlness of the
play itself will be enhanced by
several effective theatrical de
vices which are presently being
rehearsed by the cast and stage
crew. One of the most diffi
cult of these devices will be
that of staging the play com
pletely "in the round," with
seats placed on all sides of the
action.
Red and blue moving lights,
backed by sound effects of vio
lent wind, will be used to create
the effect of motion as Srooge
and the Spirit of Christmas are
whisked from one scene to an
other.
It should be mentioned that
all other roles in the play will
be played by high school stu
dents, who may be expected to
give surprisingly good perform
ances while receiving excellent
dramatic training at Moore's
hands.
After "A Christmas Carol,"
the tattle Theater will continue
its regular season with a Jan
uary presentation of the Noel
Coward comedy, "Blithe Spirit,"
which lends itself perfectly to
presentation by Little Theater
groups.
Tickets for the upcoming
Ctiriitmu production may be
purHinrd at Flowers' Pket?
Shop, the Vanity Shop, aad the
College Bookstore. r
Homecoming Held At
Cove Creek On Friday
The Cove Creek High School
gymnasium was the scene of
the annual Homecoming Friday
night. The event w> celebrated
with a coffee hour, two basket
ball games with Cranberry High
School, and the crowning of
Homecoming Queen and King.
On the Homecoming Court,
the mascots were Karen Hen
son and Robin Hodges. Class
representatives were: fresh
men, Karen Anderson and
Freddie Hatley; sophomores,
Joyce Chnrch and Kent Adams;
juniors, Sandra Hodges and
Gerald Storie; seniors, Betty
Norris, Lois Greene, David
Thomas and Kenneth Baird.
Master a t Ceremonies Bobby
Shipley declared Lois Greene
and David Thomas 1963 Home
coming Queen and King. They
were crowned by Mr. Carl Fid
ler, principal, who then pre
sented a bouquet of red roses
to Lois and a gift to David.
In basketball, Cove Creek
split with Cranberry, losing the
junior varsity game 37-29, then
rallying to win the varsity game
48-40. Isaacs led all scorers
with 30 points.
Cove Creek Scoring
Isaacs 30, Combs 4, R. Tho
mas 4, Cook 4, Greer 4, Holts
claw 2, D. Thomas.
Cranberry Scoring
Burleson 4. McGuire 7. Pitt
man 8, Wiseman 10, Turleybill
2, B. ftte 9, J. Tate.
[ Nixon sees his role as Re
i publican unifier.
Mrs. Sarah Mast
Rites Saturday
Mrs. Sarah Emaline Mait. M,
life-long resident of Valle Cru
ris, died Friday morning at
Watauga Hospital.
She was born in Watauga
County to the late Sheriff David
Franklin Baird and Mrs. Eliza
beth Wagner Baird, and was a
member of a prominent pion
eer family of Watauga County.
Her late husband was William
Wellington Hast, prominent
Valle Crucis merchant, a bank
er, and area business and civic
leader.
Surviving are a daughter,
Mra. Lucy M. Olsen of Pine
hurst; three sons, Howard W.
Mast of Valle Crucis, Phil H.
Mast of Burlington and William
T. Mast of Wayne, Mich.; two
sisters, Mrs. J. B. Horton of
Chevy Chase, Mr., and Mrs. Lula
B. Moore of Lenoir; six grand
children; and six great-grand
children.
The funeral was conducted at
3 p. m. Saturday at Valle Crucis
Methodist Church by the Rev.
W. H. Key and the Rev. Ronnie
Gibson. Burial was in the Mast
family cemetery.
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